Archive for Jim Bouchard
What is your most valuable asset?
Your most valuable asset doesn’t show up on your balance sheet. Your most valuable asset is your ability or capacity to perform effectively, in a word: POWER!
Your equipment, computers, business machines, buildings and vehicles are all listed on your balance sheet. There are no item descriptions on your balance sheet for […]
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2May2008 | Jim Bouchard | 6 comments | Continued
On difficult ground….
Sun Tzu says, “On difficult ground; press on.”Everyone faces adversity.
We’re still in the early part of a New Year. There are several ways people will approach the rest o this year. Some will say “so what, nothing ever changes.” Some will worry that next year will be […]
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12Mar2008 | Jim Bouchard | 9 comments | Continued
The Secret? - There is no Secret!
With respect to all, is it really that when we let go of a particular time frame that the universe answers by providing what we want in it’s time? Or rather, is it our conscious determination at some point in time to rationally decide that the time is not right…now?
I’m going to […]
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9Feb2008 | Jim Bouchard | 8 comments | Continued
Discipline 101
I’m with about 100 or so martial artists waiting to hear the wisdom of the great Japanese Sword Master: Yamazaki. Master Yamazaki’s family taught the art of the Samurai Sword to generations of Japan’s Imperial Family.
In broken English with the help of a translator, Yamazaki is about to reveal the […]
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10Jan2008 | Jim Bouchard | 7 comments | Continued
Free download for your New Year Resolutions
Do you set New Year resolutions? If you did, you’re in the company of about 40% of Americans and about 9 million people in the UK. If you did set some resolutions, there’s a 50/50 chance you’re going to fail in your resolutions before the end of January, […]
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11Dec2007 | Jim Bouchard | 11 comments | Continued
It’s not about the money
Before I give the impression that I’m going to regurgitate some of the new age platitudes that so many underachievers find comforting, I’ll make some fundamental points:
You don’t need money to be happy. True, but it can help!
You can’t measure success by how much money you make. […]
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2Dec2007 | Jim Bouchard | 7 comments | Continued
How to be Thankful, not Fearful
Thanksgiving Day is my favorite holiday: here’s why.
Food
Football
All joking aside, the major reason I enjoy Thanksgiving is that there is only one obligation. My only obligation on Thanksgiving Day is to sincerely give Thanks.
I’ll skip the usual cliché about Thanksgiving being a day to really take stock […]
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21Nov2007 | Jim Bouchard | 8 comments | Continued
No excuse for lack of knowledge
LEARN!
I do not consider knowledge to be power. If knowledge were power, all smart people would be powerful and no stupid people would be.
However, knowledge is a powerful resource, and it’s a resource you can never have too much of. I know someone once said a little […]
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12Nov2007 | Jim Bouchard | 11 comments | Continued
The Business and Personal success formula
Exactly What is Success?
Is success measured by how much money you have? How happy you are? How satisfied? Is success really just up to you?
Here’s the Merriam-Webster definition:
noun 1. satisfactory completion of something. 2. the gaining of wealth and fame. 3. one that succeeds.
I especially like […]
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30Oct2007 | Jim Bouchard | 6 comments | Continued-
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